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About Gurlu Pada Village

Gurlu Pada is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 129 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurlu Pada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurlu Pada village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833010
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 129
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurlu Pada compares

By the 2011 count Gurlu Pada is the 99th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Gurlu Pada

The census records public bus service for Gurlu Pada as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurlu Pada from other places

Gurlu Pada lies about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gurlu Pada
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 4.6 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 16 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 21 km

Villages closest to Gurlu Pada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsawan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gurlu Pada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurlu Pada village had a population of 252. That makes it the 99th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Gurlu Pada village has 129 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurlu Pada has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Gurlu Pada is 833010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurlu Pada covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurlu Pada falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurlu Pada is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurlu Pada.

Gurlu Pada is about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurlu Pada is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 2.0 km away. Kharsawan is about 4.6 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buritopa (under 2 km), Jarkatolah Urf Sandadih (under 2 km) and Chamrudih (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gurlu Pada today is likely to be higher.

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